DrawingsFrench18th-19th century

Small Oratory, or Farm near Lyon

18th-19th century

Artists

Jean-Jacques de BoissieuArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17.8 × 24.4 cm (7 × 9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Private Collection, Lyon. [Piasa S.A., Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 28, 2012, lot 155, bought in]. [Michel Descours Galerie, Lyon], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

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